New Mola
- Thread starter Daktari JG
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Erm, that would be Mola alexandrini, originally described in 1839...
That video is clumsily based on various popular articles which came out in late 2017/early 2018 about a study into Mola species, for which there has been a lot of confusion in the past. Basically they determined that there are three species - Mola mola, Mola alexandrini, and Mola tecta. The last named is a new species (described in July 2017), while alexandrini is a senior synonym of Mola ramsayi (and so replaces that latter name).
Abstract of the paper here: Redescription of the bump-head sunfish Mola alexandrini (Ranzani 1839), senior synonym of Mola ramsayi (Giglioli 1883), with designation of a neotype for Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) (Tetraodontiformes: Molidae)
That video is clumsily based on various popular articles which came out in late 2017/early 2018 about a study into Mola species, for which there has been a lot of confusion in the past. Basically they determined that there are three species - Mola mola, Mola alexandrini, and Mola tecta. The last named is a new species (described in July 2017), while alexandrini is a senior synonym of Mola ramsayi (and so replaces that latter name).
Abstract of the paper here: Redescription of the bump-head sunfish Mola alexandrini (Ranzani 1839), senior synonym of Mola ramsayi (Giglioli 1883), with designation of a neotype for Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) (Tetraodontiformes: Molidae)
Does this mean that Mola alexandrini is a pre-Mola?